Singapore refutes Azmin's claims of meeting

SINGAPORE (August 7): Malaysian Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali’s claim that he met with ‘senior officials from Singapore’ over the weekend to discuss the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) project was refuted by The Ministry of Transport (MOT)  in Singapore, reported Today.

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LCCT still on the cards for Penang

GEORGE TOWN (August 7): Former chief minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon gave approval for AirAsia to build the LCCT on a 36ha piece of land at the coastal end of Penang International Airport in Bayan Lepas, said an inside source from AirAsia quoted by The Star.

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AG: River of Life’s river cleaning programme a mess

KUALA LUMPUR (August 6): Audit of the river water quality control projects under the River of Life (ROL) river cleaning programme has uncovered 13 Extension Of Time (EOT) applications being approved between 45 and 356 days, said the Auditor-General’s (AG) Report 2017 Series 1.

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Sarawak schools to be connected to grid

SIBU (August 6): The Education Ministry has agreed to connect Sarawak schools that were previously powered by generator sets to the grid system, setting aside an allocation of RM400 million, and adding RM35.

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